In a screening examination at school, your child may be found to have head lice. Anyone can get head lice. It is not a sign of having poor health habits or being dirty. When children come in close contact with each other, it is easy to pass head lice along. Shared hats, clothing, brushes, pillows and other personal articles are perfect vehicles to transfer lice from one person to another. It is important to act immediately to prevent their spread to other classmates and to your family as well.

This link provides additional information regarding West Carroll's procedures for handling head lice:

Health Information We Need

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Please let us know if your child has any allergies. Valuable time can be saved when we have this information. It also helps us determine what to do should your child have a serious allergic reaction. If your child has an allergy and you have not completed an allergy survey, please do so and send to your child's teacher.

At the beginning of the school year, a health survey form was sent home for you to complete and return to school. If you did not complete the form at the beginning of the year, we hope you will take the time to do so now and send to your child's teacher.

Occasionally, we may need to request information about your child from other health care providers or other health care providers may need information we have. Confidentiality policies require that you give your permission for this exchange of information. At that time, we will request that you complete this permission form.

Immunization Requirements

The state of Tennessee requires that students have certain immunizations before they are eligible to enroll in our schools. New immunization requirements were issued by the Tennessee State Department of Education in a memo dated March 9. This link to the Tennessee Department of Education gives additional information http://health.state.tn.us/CEDS/required.htm

Medication at School

Medication will be administered at school only when a student's health requires that doses be given during the school day. Parents or guardians must bring prescription medications to school in the original containers with the appropriate pharmacy label attached. Non-prescription medications must be brought to school in the original manufacturer's container with ingredients listed on the label. The student's name must be attached to non-prescription medication containers. No more than one month's supply of any medication may be brought to school. All medication will be kept locked in the school office and administered by a designated staff member.